Machine for operating on the soles of boots and shoes



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F. M. F URBER MACHINE FOR OPERATING ON THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES Filed Oct. 23 1917 2 Shoots-Sheet 1 Sept. 2, 1924.

F. M. FURBER MACHINE FOR OPERATING on THE SOLES 0F soows AND snozs F11d Oct. 25 1917 2 Shocts-Shaet 2 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK LI. FUB BER, OF REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING ON THE SOLES OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed October 23, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. FURBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Revere, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Operating on the Soles of Boots and Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for operating upon the soles of boots and shoes, and the invention is herein shown as embodied in a machine adapted to perform upon the sole of a shoe a plurality of operations in predetermined time relation.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved machine of this general type, to the end that operations heretofore requiring a plurality of separate and dis tinct machines may be performed at substantially the same time by one machine, thus re ducing materially the amount of labor re quired in handling the work as well as re ducing greatly the machine cost for theseoperations.

In the manufacture of shoes of the better grades, such, for example, as Goodyear welt shoes, it is customary to employ outsoles which have not been brought to approximately the final shape before being laid upon the shoe. In order that the operations following the sole laying operation may be performed conveniently it is practically essential, in manufacturing shoes in which soles of the type referred to are employed, to perform what are termed rough rounding operations. There are usually two of these rough rounding operations, one for bringing the forepart of the sole into approximately its final outline, and the other for bringing the heel seat end of the sole into approximately its final outline. According to the usual practice, the forepart of the sole is rough rounded and attached to the welt before the heel seat end of the sole is attached, the attachment of the heel seat end of the sole to the insole, or to the insole and upper, being usually effected by means of metallic fastenings. The usual practice is to attach the heel seat end of the sole and then to rough round it with a rotary cutter. By

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this practice the heel seat rough rounding operation is a separate step in the manufacture of the shoe. An object of this invention is to provide a machine in which the rough rounding operation may be performed simultaneously with, or as a part of, some other operation upon a shoe, and preferably with some other operation upon a sole.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention. the heel seat rough rounding operation will be performed during the attachment of the heel seat end of the sole. Pref erably, the trimming of the sole will be effected while the work is being fed, the fastener inserting mechanism operating only while the work is held in clamped relation thereto.

In some classes of work it has been found desirable to bevel off the edge of the heel seat portion of the sole on its upper surface in order that the rotary rand trimmer used in the finishing operations may the more readily enter the rand crease. Conveniently, this beveling device may be mounted to operate sin'iultaneously with the means for trimming the edge of the sole. In another aspect, then, the invention may be said to comprise means for inserting fasteners in the heel seat end of the sole together with means for beveling the sole on its upper surface as the shoe is fed to the inserting means.

Vhile the work is being operated upon it may be supported by a work support of any ordinary type which may be depressed to remove or insert the work. In the illustrative machine, a gage has been mounted properly to position the work with respect to the mechanisms which operate thereon. This gage may be so arranged that it will descend with the work support so as to be in position to engage the work as it is placed upon the work support, and will rise with the support, thus ensuring the proper positioning of the work at the initiation of operations thereon.

Other important features of the invention and new and useful combinations of elements will be found set forth in the following description and claims. The objects and nature of the invention will be more fully understood when the description and claims are read in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the lnventlon.

proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the trim ming mechanism on an enlarged scale showing it in connection with certain parts of the fastener inserting mechanism, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the work rest, the rotary cutter and associated parts.

The fastener inserting mechanisn'i of this machine is a modification of that disclosed in the patent to Goddu, No. l90,625, granted January 24:, 1893, to which patent reference should be had for a fuller disclosure of the fastener inserting mechanism than that given herein. It is to be understood that the following description of the fastener inserting mechanism applies equally to that of the patent, inasmuch as any variation therefrom will be clearly pointed out as the description The fastener inserting mechanism as-a whole is indicated by the reference character 5 and is shown as mounted at the upper portion of standard 6. Attached to the forward portion of the same standard is the usual work support or jack 7 which is operative to present the work to the fastener inserting mechanism and more specifically to press the shoe against the work rest 8. The fastener inserting mechanism is mounted to swing transversely of the work rest 8 and of the work pressed against its lower surface.

The fastener inserting mechanism consists in part of a driver 9 which operates through the usual throat or driver guide 10, and of an awl mechanism, indicated at 11, which awl machanism serves to feed the work during the swinging movement of the nailing head. It is pointed out that the work is fed step by step to the inserting mechanism as the awl in its operations is inserted in the work, is moved from right to left to feed the same, and is then withdrawn from the work which, at the same time, is clamped by the upward movement of the work support, the awl being afterward re.

turned to its initial position. While the work is held stationary, the driver descends to drive a fastener.

The trimming mechanism is mounted in a bracket 12 fixedly attached to the standard of the machine and provided with extensions 13- to support an auxiliary bracket 14; having bearings 15 for a vertical shaft 16 which carries at its upper end a rotary cutter 1'? fixedly secured thereto. The rotary cutter comprises a plate carrying a plurality of knives 18 and ashield portion 19 which extends beyond the periphery of the circumferentially arranged knives and serves as a flange to engage the under surface of the projecting portion of the sole of the shoe. The shield 19 is fixed to turn with tl'ie'cutter plate and is provided with slots registering with the slots in the said plate to permit the escape of the waste leather particles. It is pointed out that the rotary cutter islarger than that ordinarily employed. in rough rounding machines and carries a larger number of knives. Because of this fact and the great speed at which the cutter revolves the resistance offered to the awl in its feeding movement is not so great as to interfere with its proper operation. The upper end of the shaft 16 also carries a member 20 which is ar'anged to move with the cutter in its up and down movements but which is prevented from rotation by reason of the fact that a projection 21 extending therefrom is engaged slid-ably by a pin 29 extending up from bracket 14;. The member 20, the cutter 17 and its shaft 16 are supported yieldingly in their uppermost position by a spring s3. In order that the constantly rotating cutter 17 may not be pressed against the work rest 8 the adjustable stop 50 is provided on the pin 22 to engage the upper surface of arm or projection 21. The ten sion of spring 23 is so slight that the cutter is .n'ioved downwardly as the work support is depressed to permit the work being fed by the awl, this downward movement of the cutter being due to the projecting edge of the sole which rests upon the upper face of a gage carried by member 20 and upon the flange of the cutter. The lower end of the cutter shaft 16 carries a collar 24 yieldingly supported thereon by a pin 25 and a coopcrating spring 26. Extending from the post 27 of the horn mechanism 7 is a bracket 28 slotted at 29 to receive adjustably a forked member 30, the bifurcations of which extend on either side of the cutter shaft, normally at a distance above the collar 24. The pur-' pose of this arrangement is to provide a means for moving the cutter downwardly when the jack is depressed to insert or remove the shoe. At the same time the clearance between the bifurcations of the member b0 and the collar 24 permits the downward movement of the work supporting jack during the feeding n'iovements of the work without disturbing the cutter member except as it is controlled by its contact with the edge of the sole, as before explained. hen the jack is depressed to remove or insert the work, the cutter is mover downwardly until the projection 21 on member 20 engages the stop 31 on the bracket .14. Thereafter the collar 24: is moved down-- wardly, compressing the spring 26, thus permitting the jack mechaism to be further depressed in order to remove or insert the work. By thus limiting the downward movement of member 20, the gage 45) (hereinafter described) and the flanged cutter are left in proper location to position the work as it is'placed on the jack. In order to rotate the cutter shaft 16, a spiral gear 310 is keyed thereto and meshes with a larger gear 32 on shaft 33. This second shaft is mounted in bearings 34 and 35 extending from the bracket 12 and so arranged as to locate the shaft therein in parallelism with the main shaft 36 of the machine. The shaft 33 is driven from the sprocket 37 mounted on the end thereof and engaged by a chain 38 passing around a second sprocket 39 fixedly attached to the loose pulley 40 on the main shaft. lVhen it is desirable to operate the trimming mechanism, the power belt is shifted from the loose pulley 41 to the loose pulley 40, and if it be desired to actuate the fastener inserting mechanism, the said loose pulley 40 must be clutched to the main shaft which can be accomplished through the actuation of the shifting mechanism shown in part at 42 and controlled from the treadle The importance of this arrangement consists in the fact that the trimming mechanism may be operated independently the fastener inserting mechanism, as it is operated from the spur gear 39, attached to the loose pulley 40 which is run continuously from the power belt, whereas the fastener inserting mechanism must be connected to the source of power through the actuation of the proper treadle.

The ordinary work rest 8 of the fastener inserting mechanism has been slotted at 44 in order to accommodate the knives of the rotary cutter, the depth of the slot being such that the flange 19 of the cutter may press the sole against the lower face of the work rest. During the downward movement of the cutter, which occurs While the work is being fed, the upper edges of the knives still remain above the plane of the lower face of the work rest, so that the projecting edge of the sole is confined in the space defined by the work rest above and by the upper face of the gage and the flange of the cutter below, and is always positioned properly for the action of the rotary cutter.

In order to position the work for the action of the fastener inserting and trimming mechanisms, a gage 45 is provided on the member 20. It may be permanently or detachably secured to the member 20, and is grooved to receive the flange 19 of the cutter. The projecting edge portion of the sole is supported by the upper face of the gage as clearly shown in Fig. 3; This gage contacts with the counter portion of the upper and determines the location of the row of fasteners inserted by the driver 9 and also determines the line along which the cutting knives operate in trimming the sole. It is pointed out that the gage 45 moves with the cutter and its flange in those up and down movements which accompany the feeding of the shoe to the fastener inserting mechanism. Thus the gage remains in contact with. the work throughout all of the cutting and inserting operations carried out on the individual shoe.

In order to bevel the edge of the sole at the same time that the edge is trimmed there is provided on the cutter a plurality of beveling members 46 as most clearly disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This operation is usually carried out in order to permit the rand trimmer in the finishing operations the more readily to enter the rand crease.

In order to convert a loose nailing machine, of the type shown in the patent above referred to, into a combined machine for nailing and trimming the heel portion of the sole, it is necessary to remove the ordinary edge gage located below the work rest and to provide the work rest with a slot to accommodate the cutter. The only other necessary change lies in the provision of a sprocket fixedly attached to the loose pulley on the main shaft of the machine. All the trimming mechanism is carried by the bracket 12 which can be readily attached to the standard as shown in Fig. 1. To pro vide for a finer adjustment of the cutter with relation to the slotted work rest, the auxiliary bracket 14 is made adjustable in the arms 13 of the main bracket by means indicated at 47, Fig. 2.

lVhen it is desired to effect the operations of nailing and trimming the heel portion of the sole of a shoe, the operative first shifts the power belt from loose pulley 41 to loose pulley 40. This at once causes the continuous actuation of the trimming mechanism. 1 readle 48 is depressed to lower the pick and a shoe is placed thereon with the counter portion of its upper in contact with the gage 45 and with the projecting edge of the sole above the flange 15) of the cutter. The jack is their permitted to rise pressing the sole against the work rest 8. As a small seat portion of the sole has ordinarily been left untrimmed in the preceding operations on the shoe, this part will be presented to the rotary cutter and trimmed before any nailing operation is begun. At the proper time, the operative steps on treadle 43 thus clutching pulley 40 to the main shaft and initiating the fastener inserting operations. Both operations continue around the heel seat portion of the shoe. Then the nailing is stopped and a trimming of the shank portion carried out if that be found necessary. As hercinbeforo pointed out the fiLSlIQDQl'S are inserted while the work is clamped between the jack and the work rest, the rotary cutter being arranged to operate on the work while the awl. is moving it toward fastener inserting position. v hen the work is finished on one shoe, the jack depressed to remove it and to insert a second shoe, the trimming mechanism con- "portion, of the shank adjacent to the heel tinuing in operation indefinitely or until the power belt is shifted back to loose pulley 41.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

'1. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners successively in the sole of a shoe, means for feeding the shoe intermittently to the fastener inserting means for the insertion of successive fasteners, and means for cutting away a portion of the sole as it is being moved by the feeding means in the intervals between successive fastener inserting operations.

2. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners successively in the sole of a shoe, means for feeding the shoe intern'iittently to the fastener inserting means for the insertion of successive fasteners, and continuously operating means for cutting away a portion of the sole as it is being Ii'lOVed by the feeding means in the intervals between successive fastener inserting operations.

In a shoe machine, a mechanism for inserting separate and disconnected fasteners successively in a shoe sole, a bodily-stationary cutting means for cutting away portions of the sole, and means for feeding the sole to the cutting means and to the fastener inserting mechanism.

4. In a shoe machine, a mechanism for inserting separate and disconnected fasteners successively in a shoe sole. a bodily-stationary cutting means for cutting away portions of the sole and arranged to operate between the fasterner inserting operations, and means for feeding the sole to the cutting means and to the fastener inserting mechanism.

In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners in a shoe sole, means for intermittently feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and means for heveling the sole 311 its upper surface as the shoe is being moved by the feeding means in the intervals between successive fastener inserting operations.

6. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners in a shoe sole, means for intermittently feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and means for cutting away a portion of the sole and for beveling the edge thereof on its upper surface as the shoe is being moved by the feeding means in the intervals between successive fastener inserting operations.

7. In a shoe machine, means for insertingfasteners in a shoe sole, means for intermittently feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, means for cutting away a portion of the sole, and means for bevehng the edge thereof on its upper surface as the shoe is being moved by the feeding means in the intervals between successive fastener inserting operations.

8. In a shoe machine, means for insert ing separate fasteners successively in a shoe sole, means for clamping the sole in position for the insertion of each individual fastener, means for. intermittently releasing the sole, and means for trimming the sole arranged to operate thereon while the sole is being fed toward the fastener inserting means.

9. In a shoe machine, means for'inserting fasteners successively in a shoe sole along a line substantially parallel to the cont-our of the finished sole, means for clamping the sole in position for the insertion of the individual fastener, means for intermittently releasing the sole, and means for trimming the sole substantially to said contour arranged to operate on the sole while the shoe is being fed toward the fastener inserting means.

10. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners successively in a shoe sole along a line substantially parallel to the contour of the finished sole, 'means for clamping the solo in position for the insertion of the individual fasteners, means for trin'imingthe sole sul istantially to said contour, and means for bereling the sole on its upper surface while the shoe is being fed toward the fastener inserting means.

II. In a machine for operating on shoes, means for insertingfasteners in a row in the sole of a shoe, means for feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and a rotary cutter arranged to cut away a portion of the sole along a line substantially parallel to the row of fasteners.

12. In a machine for operating on shoes, means for inserting fasteners in a row in the sole of a shoe, means for feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and a rotary cutter arranged to operate on the shoe as it is moved by the feeding means tocut away a portion of the sole along a line substantially parallel to the row of fasteners.

13. In. a machine for operating on shoes, means for inserting fasteners in a row in the sole of a shoe, means for feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and a rotary cutter for cutting away a portion of the sole along a line substantially parallel to the row of fasteners and for beveling the edge of the sole.

14. Ina shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners successively in a row around the heel portion of a shoe sole, means for in termittently feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and means operating on the sole during movement thereof for cutting away portions of the sole beyond each end of the row of fasteners.

15. In a shoe machine, means for successively inserting fastenings in a row around the heel portion of the sole of a shoe, means for automatically feeding an assembled shoe and sole to the fastening inserting means,

and means operating on the sole for cutting away portions thereof during the feeding movement of the shoe and sole toward the fastening inserting means.

16. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners in a row around the heel portion of the sole of a shoe, means for feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, means for holding the shoe stationary during the insertion of fasteners, and means for cutting away portions of the sole during movement thereof as it is being fed to the fastener inserting means.

17. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners in a row around the heel portion of a shoe sole, means for feeding the shoe to the fastener inserting means, and continuously operating means for cutting away a portion of the sole along the row of fasteners and for simultaneously beveling the upper edge of the sole, said last-mentioned means being arranged to operate while the shoe is moving under the action of said feeding means.

18. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners in a row around the heel portion of a shoe sole, means for feeding the shoe step by step to the fastener inserting means, cutting means operative to out the sole during movement thereof and to be inoperative while the sole is at rest, and means for causing the cutting means to operate before the first fastener inserting operation and to continue to operate after the last fastener setting operation.

19. In a shoe machine, means for successively inserting fastenings in a shoe sole, vertically movable gaging means arranged to engage the adjacent portion of the upper to determine a line of insert-ed fastenings corresponding to the upper contour, and means operating on the sole for cutting away portions of the sole along a line substantially parallel with the line of inserted fastenings, said cutting means being operative while said gaging means is depressed to guide the work while it is being fed to the inserting means.

20. In a shoe machine, a movable work support, means for successively inserting fastenings in a shoe sole supported thereby, gaging means arranged to engage the adjacent portion of the upper to determine a line of inserted fa-stenings corresponding to the upper contour, means operating on the sole for cutting away portions of the sole along a line substantially parallel with the line of inserted fastenings, and means actuated by movement of the work support from operative position for retracting the cutting means to permit the next sole to be properly positioned with respect to said cutting means.

21, In a shoe machine, a swinging head, an awl carried by said head and operating to feed the work upon movement of said head, and means operating to cut away portions of the work during movement thereof as it is fed by the awl.

22. In a shoe machine, a cutter for removing surplus stock of the entire thickness of the sole around the heel seat, said cutter having means for beveling the edge of the sole on its upper face, and means for feeding the sole comprising a member constructed and arranged to engage the sole for feed ing by penetrating its face, substantially as shown and described.

In a shoe machine, a cutter for removing a portion of the sole around the heel seat, said cutter having means for beveling simultaneously the edge of the sole on its upper face, and arranged to operate on the sole only while it is moving, and means for inserting fasteners between the cutting operations.

914:. In a shoe machine, means for feeding the work intermittently, means for clamping the work during the intervals of rest, and means for trimming away surplus stock from the edge of the work as it is moved by the feeding means. i

25. In a shoe machine, means for feeding the work intermittently, means for clamping the work during the intervals of rest, and continuously operating means for trimming away surplus stock from the edge of the work as it is moved by the feeding means.

26. In a shoe machine, means for feeding the shoe intermittently, means for inserting separate fasteners in the shoe sole, and means for trimming away surplus stock from the edge of the sole comprising a plurality of knives, the arrangement being such that the feeding means moves the sole against the resistance offered by the knives in their cutting operations.

27. In a shoe machine, means for insert ing'fasteners in the sole of a shoe, means for clamping the shoe during a fastener inserting operation, means for releasing the shoe in the intervals between the fastener setting operations, means for feeding the shoe intermittently, and means for cutting away portions of the sole while the shoe is being fed by the feeding means.

28. In a shoe machine, means for inserting separate fasteners successively in the work, means for feeding the work between the successive fastener inserting operations, and means for trimming surplus stock from the edge of the work during a work feeding operation and before the succeeding fastener inserting operation.

29. In a machine for operating on the sole of a shoe, a heel seat rough rounding cutter designed to operate on the sole before the attachment of the heel and having a sole on its upper surface, a gage arranged to bear against the counter portion of the shoe to determine the width of the cut produced by the cutter, and means for engaging the sole to feed the same as it is being operated upon.

30. In a machine for operating on the sole of a shoe, a. heel seat rough rounding cutter designed to operate on the sole prior to the attachment of the heel and having a portion arranged to bevel off the edge of the sole on its upper surface, and a gage arranged to bear against the counter portion of the shoe to determine the width of the cut produced by the cutter.

31. In a machine for operating on the sole of a shoe, a heel seat rough rounding cutter, a gage mounted to move with said cutter in its movement in a vertical plane, and means for depressing said gage and cutter when it is desired to remove or insert the work.

32. In a shoe machine, a rough rounding cutter having a portion arranged to bevel the edge of the sole on its upper surface, and means for engaging the sole directly to feed the sole to said cutter.

33. In a shoe machine, means to insert fasteners successively into the heel seat portion of a shoe sole, a rough rounding cutter having a portion arranged to bevel the edge of the sole on its upper surface, and means to feed the sole to the cutter and to the fastener inserting means.

34. In 'a' shoe machine, means to insert fasteners successively into the heel seat portion of a shoe sole fed past said means, and a rough rounding cutter having a portion arranged to bevel the edge of the sole on its upper surface.

35. In a shoe machine, a fastener inserting mechanism having a work rest against which the shoe is pressed, a cutting member having a flange, and means for yieldingly mounting the cutting member so that shoe parts of various thicknesses may be inserted between the flange and work rest.

36. In a shoe machine, a fastener inserting mechanism having a work rest against which the shoe is pressed, a cutting member having a flange, means for yieldingly mounting the cutting member, and means for retracting the cutting member to permit of the insertion of work between the flange and the work rest.

37. In a shoe machine, a fastener inserting mechanism having a work rest against which the work is pressed, a shaft, a gage and a cutting member mounted on said shaft, and means for yieldingly supporting the shaft, the arrangement being such that the gage and the cutting member move with the work in the up-and-down movements thereof incidental to the feeding of the same.

38. In a shoe machine, a fastener inserting mechanism having a work rest against which the work is pressed, a shaft, a gage and a cutting member mounted on said shaft, means for yieldingly mounting the shaft, and means for retracting the shaft to permit the insertion of a portion of the work above said gage and in position to be operated on by said cutting member.

39. In a shoe machine, a work rest having a slot extending completely across its lower face, a rotary cutter arranged to operate in said slot, and means for supporting the cutter, said cutter having a flange which cooperates withthe work rest in positioning a portion of the work for the operation of the cutter.

40. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work-support presses the work, acutter having a flange and a gage mounted to move therewith and means for yieldingly supporting the cutter, the arran ement be ng such that a portion of the wor is supported by the cutter flange and the gage, said flange and gage yielding downwardly as the work support is depressed to permit the feeding of the work.

41. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work support presses the work, a cutter having a gage mounted to move therewith and to assist in supporting the work, means for yieldingly mounting the cutter, and a connection between the work support and the cutter so arranged as to depress the cutter when the work support is depressed to remove or insert the work.

42. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work support presses the work, a gage, means for yieldingly mounting the gage in such a way that it may be moved independently of the work support, and a connection between the work support and gage so arranged as to depress the gage when the work support is moved downwardly to remove or insert the WOPL 43. In a shoe machine, a. work support, a work rest against which the work is pressed, a mechanism for operating on the work, a gage for positioning the work for the operation of said mechanism thereon, said gage being mounted for movement independent of the work support and a connection between the gage and work support so arranged as to depress the gage when the work support is moved downwardly to remove or insert the work.

4A. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work is pressed, a mechanism for operating on the work, a gage for positioning the work for the operation of said mechanism thereon, and a connection between the gage and work nsoaees support so arranged as to depress the gage when the work support is moved downwardly to remove or insert the work, the construction and arrangement being such that the gage moves in parallelism with the work support and is practically always in gaging relation to said work support.

45. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work support presses the work, a cutter having a gage mounted to move therewith and to asset in supporting the work, means for yieldingly mounting the cutter, a connection between the work support and the cutter so arranged as to depress the cutter when the work sup port is depressed to remove or insert thz work, and means for limiting the downward movement of the cutter.

46. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work support presses the work, a cutter having gage mounted to move therewith and to assist in supporting the work, means for yield ingly mounting the cutter, a connection between the work support and the cutter so arranged as to depress the cutter when the work support is depressed to remove or insert the work, and means for limiting the downward movement of the cutter, said connection being constructed and arranged to permit further downward movement of the work support after the cutter has ceased to move.

47. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work support presses the work, a cutter having a gage mounted to move therewith and to assist in supporting the work, means for yieldingly mounting the cutter, a connection between the work support and the cutter so arranged as to depress the cutter when the work support is depressed to remove or insert the work, and means for limiting the downward movement of the cutter, said connection comprising a yielding member so arranged that the work support may continue to move after the cutter has reached its limit of downward movement.

48. In a shoe machine, a work support, a work rest against which the work support presses the work, a cutter having a flange and a gage mounted to move therewith, means for yieldingly supporting the cutter, the arrangement being such that a portion of the work is supported by the cutter flange and the gage, said flanged cutter yielding downwardly as the work support is depressed to permit of the feeding of the work, and a lost-motion connection between the work support and the cutter so arranged as to depress the cutter when the work support is depressed to remove or insert the work.

49. In a shoe machine, means for intermittently feeding a piece of work and means for trimming away portions from the edge of the work while it is being fed.

50. In a shoe machine, means for inserting fasteners in a row in the sole of a shoe and rotary means for trimming the edge of the sole having a portion constructed to underlie and support said edge.

51. In a machine for operating on shoes, means for inserting fasteners in a row in the sole of a shoe, and a rotary cutter ar ranged to cut away a portion of the sole along a line substantially parallel to the row of fasteners.

In a machine for operating on shoes, fastening inserting means, means for sup porting the work for operation thereon by the fastening inserting means, means for trimming surplus stock from the edge of the work, and connections between said work supporting means and said trimming means whereby movement of one of said means will eifect movement of the other of said means.

53. In a machine for operating on shoes, a work support, means for trimming surplus stock from the edge of the sole of a shoe mounted on said work support, and means for effecting movement of one of said aforementioned elements when movement is imparted to the other of said elements.

54. In a machine for operating on shoes, means for inserting a row of fasteners in the sole of a shoe, means for supporting the work while the fasteners are being inserted, means for trimming the edge of the sole, and means movable with the work support when it is lowered for depressing the trimming means.

55. In a machine for operating on shoes, means for inserting a row of fasteners in the sole of a shoe, means for supporting the work while the fasteners are being inserted, means for trimming the edge of the sole, a yielding connection between the work support and the trimming means for depressing the trimming means when the work support is lowered, and means for limiting the downward movement of the trimming means.

56. A shoe machine having, in combination, means for inserting a row of fastenings in a shoe part, and a rotary cutter arranged to trim away a portion of the shoe part along a line substantially parallel to the row of fastenings.

57. A shoe machine having, in combination, means for inserting a row of fastenings in a shoe part, a rotary cutter arranged to trim away a portion of the shoe part along a line substantially parallel to the row of fastenings, and means for feeding the shoe part to the fastening inserting means and to the trimming means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK M. FUBBER. 

